Bamboo, Called Most Useful Plant, Finds New Application in War

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Choosing bamboo as the world's most universally used plant, Dr, Willard M. Porterfield, Jr., of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service declared there is not a category of human needs which cannot be supplied by bamboo or its product in some form. Articles made from it include food, weapons, shelter, implements, clothes, furniture, baskets and containers, bridges, conduction pipes, paper, cable and ornaments. The war in Asia has brought out some unusual applications. To protect buildings from bombs, Chinese construct a three-story bamboo framework on top and pack it full of bamboo. When a bomb hits, it explodes before reaching the building.

Title (Dublin Core): Bamboo, Called Most Useful Plant, Finds New Application in War
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Communication
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Bamboo, Called Most Useful Plant, Finds New Application in War
Language (Dublin Core): Eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1942-02
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Mechanics, vol. 77, n. 2, 1942
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 55
Rights (Dublin Core): Public domain
Source (Dublin Core): Google books
References (Dublin Core): United States of America; Asia; People's Republic of China
Archived by (Dublin Core): Enrico Saonara

Item sets: Wars of Wonders; full text

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